Flood magnitudes in the Tagus River (Iberian Peninsula) and its stochastic relationship with daily North Atlantic Oscillation since mid-19th Century

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 502, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-201

  Salgueiro, Ana Rita ^a   Machado, Maria J ^b   Barriendos, Mariano ^c   Pereira, Henrique Garcia ^d   Benito, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Correspondence Analysis; Floods; Iberian Peninsula; North Atlantic Oscillation; Qualitative regression; Tagus River

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DEGREE OF ASSOCIATION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE REGRESSION; RECURRENCE INTERVALS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DAMS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; MAGNITUDE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PEAK DISCHARGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; PORTUGAL; TAGUS RIVER;

EID: 84884239558     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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